When Hard Work Isn't Enough | Alessandro Hämmerle | TEDxInnsbruck

Double Olympic Champion Alessandro Hämmerle reflects on how pressure affects athletes and how his own thoughts can either support or undermine performance. Looking back at his younger self, he describes gratitude for past achievements while recognizing that his inner dialogue shaped his path toward a gold medal. Over the years he has come to see mastering one's own thoughts as one of the hardest skills to learn. The talk, given at TEDxInnsbruck, focuses on mental pressure and self-talk.

• Handling pressure when expectations feel overwhelming
• The role of self-talk in performance
• Mastering one's own thoughts as a core skill
• Reflections from a Double Olympic Champion

What do you do when the pressure feels like too much? Looking back at his younger self, Alessandro feels grateful for everything he has already achieved, yet he knows his own thoughts are the only thing standing between him and the gold medal. So over the years, he has learned that the hardest skill of all is mastering your own thoughts. As a Double Olympic Champion of the Austrian Olympic Team he is talking about Mental Pressure & Self Talk. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx